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After purchasing a used Losmandy GM8 (my first real equatorial mount), I was unable to get it to track properly. After weeks of working and forum posting, the problem was located. This is a control board for a Losmandy G11 (big brother to the GM8). This was found in the drive box for the GM8. Since the G11 has 360 teeth on the main RA worm gear and the GM8 has only 180, the RA axis was tracking at 2x the Sidereal rate.

This is a feature of the Astro-Physics Mach1GTO, called Meridian Delay. This allow the astronomer to slew the telescope to where it will track the target, uninterrupted across the Meridian. Generally, this is more successful for targets in the Southern skies.

I sold this to help finance a few pieces of my Astro Imaging system
Car Details:
1997 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4. One of only 646 made in 1997. The car was powered with a 3L twin-intercooled, twin-turbocharged, 320 HP, aluminum bock V6. Drive was accomplished with a factory 6 speed Getrag transmission coupled to an all-wheel drive, all-wheel steering drivetrain, powering Z-rated 18" 245/40 rubber. Deceleration was handled by 2 pair of massive disks. Top speed is governed at 155mph. Interior was black & tan leather with a 6 speaker infinity sound system. Truly a masterpiece before her time. She will be missed!

This is why you shouldn't buy a telescope from a department store. In case you can't tell, the wrong end is pointed to the sky :-(

Terrestrial set-up for the FSQ-106ED. This allows quick change-out from CCD to DSLR. The Quickset tripod is very stable and will easily hold several hundred pounds. This setup has been used for Birding and Lunar/Solar shots.

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